Dravidic

Variant of Dravidian

Dravidian definition

Dra·vidi·an (drə vid′ē ən)

noun

    1. any of a group of intermixed peoples chiefly in S India and N Sri Lanka
    2. a member of any of these peoples
  2. the family of about 25 non-Indo-European languages spoken by these peoples, including Tamil, Malayalam, and Telugu

Etymology: after Sans Drāviḍa, Tamil language

adjective

of the Dravidians or their languages or cultures
also Dravidic Dra·vid′ic

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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